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where do songs come from? Many artist will tell you it just came to them., but from where? If you dig deep into the music industry, you will see alot of evil things going on. There are two froms of energy in the world. There are two ways of thiking, two doors you can go through. Certain thoughts come out of one door and certain thoughts come out of the other. My understanding of the song is that it refers to america herself. The song sats do you believe in god or do you believe in rock and roll. It goes on to say can music save your mortal soul. So I ask you, is it God ypu can save your mortl soul or rock and roll. Rock and roll is an instrument used by satan to decieve the masses. You will know my children by their fruits. Sex, drugs, do as thy wilt is the message. Who has a message like that. American pie is about the fall of america and all she was to suppose to stand for. I drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry means when you drive your car to get gas there will be no gas. Look at the original 45, you will find the author of the song. It says yahweh records. Just another crazy persons opinion

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Sep12Jean Future of Forestry was absolutely aiuutefbl. I was held up.Your piece was great and I agree with you. I was brought up singing the Latin in the choir and then left the church for many years and when I came back it was to the guitar and folk music. I go to Mass not for the music but for what is on the altar. The music and singing should glorify what is going on. It is not a performance that I seek.God bless you.

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The song is about the time Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. Many of the songs lyrics are in Buddy Holly's songs. Buddy Holly was a bigger star than most people realised. He died early and never reached his potential. He was also over shadowed by Elvis, Cash and the others that toured together at the time.

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while the reason the day the music died is about the plane crash in iowa it means more than that. it's about it's about elvis who was the king from 1955 til his death but how others came upon the music scene and changed the way the songs were sung. elvis recorded 3 minute songs written by other people and his crown was tarnished when dylan hit a nerve in music and changed it forever when he wrote and sang " like a polling stone" after that song the beatles started writing deeper and longer songs(the marching band of sargeant pepper) how a lady who sang the blues; nobody sang a blues song like janis joplin, or we clenched our fists at the stones with their sympathy for the devil and the show at altamont. the jester on te side line in a cast ( dylan's dropping out for a couple of years due to his accident? or vacation) when lvis tried to make his comeback to the top with his unbelievable concerts in vegas( before he made a fool of himself due to drugs) the beatles were so good they couldn't be topped. so it all comes down to the fact that people were devastated when that plane crashed, rock and roll and new types of music far out distanced anything the three victims could ever done had they lived. i'm sure i missed a few events but this is only my opinion. i could be wrong

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Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

This is NOT about Kent State, or the riots in Chicago during the Democratic Convention.

The reference here is this:

The "Sergeants" are the Beatles, They played a concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco that last a mere 30 minutes.

(I lived near San Francisco and trust me people were PISSED about the concert)

"We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance" refers to the shortness of the concert.

"The marching band refused to yield" means the Beatles refused to do an encore.

"Do you recall what was revealed" refers to John Lennon and Yoko Ono Posing naked on a record album.

The entire album is about Music and artists and some of the events that happened from the 50-70's

If you get the chance watch VH1's "Behind the Music" episode called "The Day the Music died" I can guarantee you the you won't have dry eyes by the end of the program. I believe "American Pie" was the name of the Airplane that they crashed in.

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Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
(Pot smoke on the quad at Kent State University in Ohio)
While the Sergeants played a marching tune
(National Guard called to deal with the war protesters)
We all got up to dance Oh, but we never got the chance 'Cause the players tried to take the field
(students continued to protest)
The marching band refused to yield
(The Guard began with tear gas and a riot ensued ending in the shooting deaths of 4 students)
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died (America's youth changed that day forever)

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Everyone is correct in asserting the tribute in the song, but the main thing about the song is it is written in dream sequences. Like it is all a dream and one word leads to a whole different dream sequence and it all jumps around like in a dream but is all tied together just like a dream.

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The thing that I've learned that is most important about this song is simply "the day the music died" is when Buddy Holly (among others) went down in a plane crash. The Jester is Bob Dylan. The Quartet is the Beatles. The King... well, you figure it out. But the question that still plagues most I ask about it is "Who is Miss American Pie?"

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Early on and shortly after the song was released, I saw an interview with McClain on television. I believe it was Dick Cavett or Merv Griffin. McClain was asked directly what the meaning of the song was. His reply? The record company was after him to produce another song, and this is what he came up with. There was no meaning other than free thought being put to paper. Sorry if this pops a few bubbles but it’s the truth. Maybe it’s why McClain has never explained it, because there is no meaning. He could never make up as intricate and mystifying an explanation as that which was created by the collective imaginations of hundreds of minds. Besides, it keeps the song being played and sold. So, his so called “joking” comments about the meaning being that he will never have to work again is actually the truth, not a joke!